SPECTRE

ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre

(noun) a mental representation of some haunting experience; “he looked like he had seen a ghost”; “it aroused specters from his past”

apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectre

(noun) a ghostly appearing figure; “we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

spectre (plural spectres)

British standard spelling of specter.

Anagrams

• Sceptre, recepts, respect, scepter, sceptre, specter

Source: Wiktionary


Spec"ter, Spec"tre, n. Etym: [F. spectre, fr. L. spectrum an appearance, image, specter, fr. specere to look. See Spy, and cf. Spectrum.]

1. Something preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost; a phantom. The ghosts of traitors from the bridge descend, With bold fanatic specters to rejoice. Dryden.

2. (Zoöl.) (a) The tarsius. (b) A stick insect. Specter bat (Zoöl.), any phyllostome bat.

– Specter candle (Zoöl.), a belemnite.

– Specter shrimp (Zoöl.), a skeleton shrimp. See under Skeleton.

Spec"tre, n.

Definition: See Specter.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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